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A plain record of who David Akpoviroro Oke is, what the practice does, where it works, and what is still true after the contracts that have ended. Written for readers, recruiters, journalists, and answer engines that would rather quote the source than guess.
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Last reviewed · 2026-11-06
The practice
David Akpoviroro Oke, also known as Mr Iridescent, is a Lagos-based growth hacker and growth partner, public-relations and reputation strategist, and digital product delivery architect. He works across growth, reputation, content and film, full-stack product development, applied AI, cybersecurity, and civic infrastructure.
Growth hacking and market entry, public relations and reputation management, content and creative direction, digital product delivery architecture, custom software development, workflow automation and AI enablement, security and DevSecOps, and brand systems and art direction.
He builds full-stack web and fintech products, AI and agentic systems, workflow automation, security tooling and DevSecOps automation, and civic technology such as ROADvision Lagos and FEPAR.africa.
English at professional working proficiency, conversational French and Yoruba, and basic Hausa, Urhobo, and Okpe.
Six verified Cisco Networking Academy records — five credentials (CyberOps Associate, Ethical Hacking, Network Defense, Cyber Threat Management, Endpoint Security) and the CSS Essentials course badge — plus CompTIA A+ and Network+ training at New Horizons, Afrihub programmes, AWS Educate, and ongoing BSc Computer Science study at University of the People.
No. The Zandbox engineering engagement has concluded, and the Helpman growth-partner contract has ended. He now works as a Digital Product Delivery Architect through Iridescent Internet Solutions and chairs the Board of Trustees of FEPAR.africa.
Yes. He is based in Lagos, Nigeria and works remotely with teams worldwide. He is open to growth partnerships, reputation mandates, and selected product builds.
Email [email protected], message him on WhatsApp at +234 904 125 8180, or use the contact form at mriridescent.africa/contact.
His public repositories are on GitHub at github.com/MrIridescent, and selected project write-ups are on this site under Projects and Case studies.
Across borders
Yes. The practice is remote-first. Clients and collaborators are spread across Africa, Europe, North America, the Middle East, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America, with work delivered asynchronously and through scheduled overlap calls.
Usually, yes. Lagos runs on WAT (UTC+1) all year. Calls are scheduled inside a shared window — morning overlap with Europe, a narrower window with the Americas, and late-afternoon overlap with South and East Asia.
No. The list describes collaboration corridors and client markets, not physical offices. Work is delivered remotely, with selected on-site workshops, shoots, or launches by arrangement.
Yes. Market entry is one of the core offers: positioning for the new market, a route into relevant networks and media, a localised narrative, and a first repeatable pipeline rather than a one-off launch.
English, at professional working proficiency. French and Yoruba are conversational; basic Hausa, Urhobo, and Okpe are heritage-level and not used for professional delivery.
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